Washington Post Seeks to Sell Headquarters

By

Keach Hagey

Updated Feb. 1, 2013 7:10 p.m. ET

The Washington, D.C., newsroom where two reporters took down a president may soon be on the block.

Washington Post Co. is exploring the sale of its headquarters, the paper's publisher told staff on Friday, making it the latest in a string of newspapers looking to shed real estate that has risen in value while their businesses shrank amid years-long declines in print advertising.